World's oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC

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LONDON (Reuters) - The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today.

It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."

It heads the world's oldest top 10 joke list published by the University of Wolverhampton Thursday.

A 1600 BC gag about a pharaoh, said to be King Snofru, comes second -- "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh?............................

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080731/od_nm/joke_odd_dc;_ylt=AnOHmQrMx_N1Rm8egokFkzEuQE4F

Sounds like Sumerian women were a little gassy.

I liked this one better:

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The oldest British joke dates back to the 10th Century and reveals the bawdy face of the Anglo-Saxons -- "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? Answer: A key."

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"NodakPaul" wrote:

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Sounds like Sumerian women were a little gassy.

I liked this one better:

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The oldest British joke dates back to the 10th Century and reveals the bawdy face of the Anglo-Saxons -- "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? Answer: A key."

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Me too...those wild and crazy Anglo-Saxons. ;D

clicking the link in the article lead me to this video:
http://uktv.co.uk/dave/video/aid/595060/searchArea/787/sr/37/csl/3/cst/Home|Dave|Totally%20Viral%202/mf/video/sb/recent

so i approve

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some scantily clad models mucking around with meat

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something about a pretty girl and a sausage that gets me thinking. ;D

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...girl jokes and toilet humor can all be traced back to the very earliest jokes identified in this research."...

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It's good to see that the humor on pp.o hasn't progressed one iota since 1900 B.C.